Aconitum heterophyllum

IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN)
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Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 56, t. 13 1834. (Syn: Aconitum atees Royle; Aconitum cordatum Royle; Aconitum heterophyllum var. roylei L.B.Chaudhary & R.R.Rao; Aconitum ovatum Lindl.; Aconitum petiolare Royle ex Stapf);

Common names: Atis root, Ativisha (Sans.), Atis (Hindi)
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Tuberous herb up to 90 cm tall, simple or branched from base; lower leaves petiolate, rounded to oval, cordate at base, shallowly lobed or toothed, upper stem-clasping, sharply toothed; flowers 3-4 cm long, in loose raceme or subpaniculate, sepals dull green-purple or dull green-blue, with dark purple veins, upper one pointed in front with rounded top, lateral as long; petals (nectaries) two with about 16-18 mm long claw and 4 mm long hood; follicles 5, 15-20 mm long, slightly downy or glabrous.
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Tuberous roots yield alkaloids atisine, heteratisne, atidine, hetidine, etc., roots used for hysteria, throat infections, dyspepsia and vomiting, abdominal pain and diabetes.

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Aconitum heterophyllum from Gulmarg, Kashmir:
Aconitum heterophyllum Wall.ex Royle, Illustr. Bot. Himal. Mount. 56.t.13. 1833

Common names: Atis root, Ativisha (Sans.), Atis (Hindi)

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Flora of Chakrata: Aconitum sp from Deovan Chakrata:
Aconitum sp from Chakrata
This small herb was seen both cultivated as well as wild
My id is Aconitum heterophyllum

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Root of Aconitum is toxic.

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So if this is the indigenous himalyan Aconitum.. it is most likely Vatsanabha or Halahal (as in Halahal vish) of Ayurved …
is it? or is the ayurvedic vatsanambha a different species?

My Flora Picture of the Year: Aconitum heterophyllum from Gulmarg Kashmir: Two years back I had uploaded an insignificant flower of Bauhinia roxburghiana that looked great after close up was seen under magnification. This year while waiting for Cable car tickets at Gulmarg I strolled into the forest to find an interesting looking, though not very attractive plant, that I knew was Aconitum. Only after I sat to process my photographs and I identified it that I was impressed by great architecture of its dull looking flowers, and subsequently identified it as Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle, the Atis Root plant and a very important medicinal plant.

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Incomparable close up Sir. both the images are really eye catching. This is also my passion on how to take more snaps of common plants through my lens which i learn from you. Agreed with …, Picture of the Year.

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Aconitum heterophyllum from Bhadarwah J&K:

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Ranunculaceae Fortnight: Aconitum heterophyllum from Kashmir-GSJAN02 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4).
Aconitum heterophyllum Wall.ex Royle, Illustr. Bot. Himal. Mount. 56.t.13. 1833

Wow amazing hood like petal…. sorry it should be sepal.

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Ranunculaceae Fortnight: Aconitum heterophyllum from Chakrata-GSJAN03 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2).

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beautiful upload
it seems to Aconitum heterophyllum

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Aconitum heterophyllum (Ranunc.) for ID – Kynangosla, East Sikkim : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)
ID Please.

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In my knowledge you are right that is A. heterophyllum

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PM 1-08-2018. is it Aconitum heterophyllum?? : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)

Habit- Small Herb
Habitat- wild, found growing in a hilly moist place near  Hamirpur H.P. at the height of ~800m
29-07-2018

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According to the leaves it looks like. To check with the flowers…

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PM29-08-2022 Id confirmation for Aconitum heterophyllum from Mani Mahesh, HP.: 6 correct images out of 8.
presenting a few images of plant species looking like some Aconitum species. In my opinion, it is more closely related to Aconitum heterophyllum, and needs your confirmation.

Yes !

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